Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lamentably"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lamentable \Lam"en*ta*ble\, a. [L. lamentabilis : cf. F.
lamentable.]
1. Mourning; sorrowful; expressing grief; as, a lamentable
countenance. ``Lamentable eye.'' --Spenser.
2. Fitted to awaken lament; to be lamented; sorrowful;
pitiable; as, a lamentable misfortune, or error.
``Lamentable helplessness.'' --Burke.
3. Miserable; pitiful; paltry; -- in a contemptuous or
ridiculous sense. --Bp. Stillingfleet. --
{Lam"en*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {Lam"en*ta*bly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lamentably
adv : in an unfortunate or deplorable manner; "he was sadly
neglected"; "it was woefully inadequate" [syn: {deplorably},
{sadly}, {woefully}]
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